New! CD Demo Video
Songs of the Sea (scroll down for more sea music samples)
Traditional/Modern Celtic Folk Music
AUDIO SAMPLES
- FULL BAND Dans En Dro with Traditional Celtic Reels, Live at The Bull and Bear (Monterey), 2015
- CHARMAS TRIO Raglan Road Live on KPIG Radio, 2016
- 6-Minute Demo Medley of Slow Traditional Celtic Music from Home Recordings and Various Live Performances, with Vintage Slideshow, 2014-2015
- FULL BAND Tunnel Tigers (Ewan McColl) Live at Hophead Public House (Scotts Valley) 2015
VIDEOS
- NEW! Candid Camera Video of Band Practice: Aaron Clegg and Phil Johnston Work Up Harmonies for “Songs of the Sea”
- Danny Boy, Live at Angelicas (Redwood City) 2016
- CHARMAS TRIO I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose
- Titanic Set (three Irish tunes from the movie), Live at Angelicas (Redwood City) 2016
- GREAT HIGHLAND BAGPIPES Calling Me Home, Live at Angelicas (Redwood City) 2016
- Polka Set with song Tell Me Ma, Live at Angelicas (Redwood City) 2016
American Nightclub/Party Music and Celtic Rock
- 5-Minute Demo of American Pop/Rock/Jazz /Original/Celtic Dance Music – Live at Flanagan’s Irish Pub (Carmel By the Sea), Oct. 2016 containing short clips of…
- Crazy (Cee Lo Green)
- Short Skirt Long Jacket (Cake)
- Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma)
- Something Special for the Ladies (Flight of the Conchords)
- Fisherman’s Blues (The Waterboys)
- California King (Elise MacGregor Ferrell, Charmas)
- Come on Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
- And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison)
- 7-Minute Demo of American and Celtic Rock/Pop with Vintage Charmas Photos, Live at Coasters Bar (Santa Cruz), Sept., 2016 containing short clips of…
- Business Time (Flight of the Conchords)
- Misirlou (Dick Dale)
- Wipeout (Surfaris)
- The Distance (Cake)
- Lovesong (The Cure)
- Secret Agent Man (Steve Barri and PF Sloan)
- Maggie’s Pancakes (traditional)
- The Christmas Polka (traditional)
- Into the Mystic (Van Morrison)
- Simple Man (Lynard Skynard)
- 500 Miles (The Proclaimers), Live at The Bull and Bear (Monterey) 2015
Sea Music
AUDIO SAMPLES
- Bluenose (Stan Rogers), Studio Recording from Sea Songs CD, 2016
- Triple Chantey – Oakum, Fire Marengo, Sugar In the Hold – Live at San Francisco Sea Music Festival, 2016
- Bully in the Alley (traditional) Live at Rosie’s McCann’s Irish Pub in Santa Cruz, 2015
VIDEOS
KKUP event promotion Spring 2016
(Elise and Aaron performing as a duo, with Aaron playing guitar.)
- Four Green Fields (Tommy Makem song, introduced by Seamus Heaney’s poem Requiem for the Croppies)
- Bluenose (Stan Rogers)
Special Guest Audio Recordings
- Richard Dwyer sings The Auld Triangle (trad) Live on KUSP Radio, Feb. 2016
- Richard Dwyer sings Newry Highwayman (Solas) Live on KPIG Radio, 2015
- Richard Dwyer sings Whiskey in the Jar (trad) Live on KPIG Radio, 2015
Comedy Christmas Videos
- Three Wee Kings (Comedy Remake of Traditional Tune “Rocky Road to Dublin,” sung live at “Celtic Night,” St. Andrews Church in Aptos, 2015)
- Sir Froggy’s Christmas (original comedy song and video, 2015)
Available for Purchase: Charmas Christmas Trio Live, Opening for Molly’s Revenge Winterdance in San Jose
This recording features Aaron Clegg on lead vocals, Celtic wooden flute, and low whistle, Richard Dwyer on lead vocals, low whistle and bodhran, and Jim Powell on backup vocals and guitar. The lads gave a smashing performance – gorgeous harmonies – they put a lot of time into this show! It opens with the traditional Irish song Oro Se, and then Christmas in the Trenches, The Wexford Carol, and the Gloucester version of Wassail Wassail. The recording can be downloaded in either WAV or MP3, and it includes both the full 15-minute show, complete with stories and song introductions, as well as individual tracks of each song, so you can play them like a short CD, to enjoy while dining over the holidays or gazing at your Christmas tree. The cost for this download package is $6. And you can get it by visiting IGrooveTunes.com
Vintage Charmas
Charmas Live at Coasters Bar (Santa Cruz) Spring 2016
Into The Mystic (cover, by Van Morrison, live at Rosie McCann’s Irish Pub, 2015)
Business Time (cover, by Flight of the Conchords, live at Rosie McCann’s Irish Pub, 2015)
Surf Set (medley of cover tunes by The Surfaris, Dick Dale, etc.)
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